#2 (permalink) Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:52 am Is 'massacred' to be used for number of people only? |
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Good question, Lola.
The word 'massacre' means "the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals."
The test sentence talks about whole villages (of people and animals) that were killed.
Here is a dictionary link: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=massacre&r=66
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